The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) called on its member states to bar all
products and goods emanating from Israeli settlements at the end of
the fourteenth Ministerial Conference of the Non-Alignment Movement
(Mid-Term Review) in Durban, South Africa. The call for measures was
issued by the Committee on Palestine of the Non-Alignment Movement.
The NAM declaration called for its members to "decline entry to
Israeli settlers and to impose sanctions against companies and entities
involved in the construction of the wall."

"With regard to member states, the ministers called upon them to
undertake measures, including by means of legislation, collectively,
regionally and individually, to prevent any products of the illegal
Israeli settlements from entering their markets," said the
declaration. The International Court of Justice, the UN's highest
legal body, ruled last month that parts of the Separation Barrier built
on occupied Palestinian territory were illegal and should be torn down.

XIV MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM)

DECLARATION ON PALESTINE

1. The Ministers considered the developments regarding the critical
issue of the construction by Israel, the occupying Power, of the Wall
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East
Jerusalem, including the Advisory Proceedings of the International
Court of Justice, undertaken pursuant to the request for an advisory
opinion from the Court made by the tenth emergency special session of
the General Assembly in its resolution ES-10/14 of 8 December 2003.
The Ministers welcomed the Advisory Opinion rendered on 9 July 2004
by the International Court of Justice on the "Legal Consequences of
the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory".
The Ministers received the Advisory Opinion with the highest respect,
fully accepted the authoritative findings and conclusions of the
Court and considered this strong and comprehensive Opinion to
represent an historic opportunity for a necessary return to the rule
of international law in all efforts to justly and peacefully address the
question of Palestine and resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

2. The Ministers recalled in particular the Court's conclusion that
"the construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying
Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around
East Jerusalem, and its associated regime, are contrary to
international law". In this regard, the Ministers underscored the
Court's findings regarding the violations of international law,
including international humanitarian law and human rights law, by
Israel, the occupying Power, including, inter alia, the finding that
the construction of the wall and its associated regime: create a
'fait accompli' on the ground which would be tantamount to de facto
annexation; severely impede the exercise by the Palestinian people of
its right to self-determination and therefore violate that right;
have led to the destruction or requisition of properties in
contravention of relevant provisions of the Hague Regulations and the
Fourth Geneva Convention; and violate the Palestinian people's
freedom of movement and the right to work, to health, to education
and to an adequate standard of living. The Ministers further
underscored the Court's conclusion that the Israeli settlements in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, have
been established in breach of international law, and noted the
Court's findings regarding the relationship between the route of the Wall
and the illegal measures taken by Israel with regard to East Jerusalem
and the settlements....

4. The Ministers strongly welcomed the adoption of resolution
ES-10/15 on 20 July 2004 by the tenth emergency special session of
the General Assembly, in which the Assembly, inter alia, demands that
Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal obligations as
mentioned in the Advisory Opinion and also calls upon all Member
States of the United Nations to comply with their legal obligations
as mentioned in the Advisory Opinion. The Ministers regarded the
overwhelming adoption of this resolution as a first important step by
the United Nations in follow-up of the Opinion. The Ministers seized
the opportunity to call for respect of and compliance with the
Advisory Opinion by Israel, the occupying Power, and by Member
States, and expressed their strong hope and conviction that such
respect and compliance would positively influence efforts for achieving
a peaceful, political settlement of the conflict based on international
law.

5. The Ministers, in the meanwhile, took note of the immediate
negative response by Israel to the Advisory Opinion and its defiant
declarations to continue constructing the wall in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem. The Ministers thus called for the
following specific actions:

a. At the United Nations, the Ministers called for further measures
to be taken, in accordance with operative paragraph 5 of resolution
ES-10/15, and also called on the Security Council to fulfill its
responsibilities by adopting a clear resolution and undertaking
necessary measures in this regard. The Ministers also called on the
Secretary-General of the United Nations to expedite the work with
regard to the request made by the Assembly in resolution ES-10/15 to
establish a register of damages caused by the Wall and to ensure that the
positions and documents of the Secretariat are fully consistent with the
Advisory Opinion.

b. With regard to Member States, the Ministers called upon them to
undertake measures, including by means of legislation, collectively,
regionally and individually, to prevent any products of the illegal
Israeli settlements from entering their markets consistent with the
obligations under International Treaties, to decline entry to Israeli
settlers and to impose sanctions against companies and entities involved
in the construction of the wall and other illegal activities in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem....

6. The Ministers turned their consideration to the overall plight of
the Palestinian people and their prolonged struggle to achieve their
inalienable rights, including the right to self-determination. The
Ministers stressed that the main danger to the realization of the
national rights of the Palestinian people and the achievement of the
two-State solution is the settler colonialism and the construction of the
Wall being carried out by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem....